Abstract
Background: There is a need for rapid and accurate diagnostic biomarker for diagnosis of Salmonella fever.
Aims: The aim of the present study was to assess the importance of procalcitonin (PCT), Soluble Triggering Receptors expressed on Myeloid Cells 1 (sTREM1) and C- reactive protein (CRP) in the diagnosis of enteric fever with positive blood culture for S.typhi.
Methods: Blood samples were withdrawn from 200 patients with suspected enteric fever and subjected for the determination of CRP, PCT and sTREM-1.
Results: The sensitivity and specificity for PCT cut off were 97.7% & 82.5%, for CRP the sensitivity and specificity were 95.3% and 77% and for s-TREM-1 the sensitivity and specificity were 95.3% & 77%.
Conclusion: S-TREM-1 may be considered as a novel biomarker for the diagnosis of enteric fever with good sensitivity and specificity.
Keywords: Enteric fever, PCT, sTREM1, CRP, blood culture, ELISA.
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